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Edgar
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EDGAR Édgar
English
Alternative forms
surname en Eagar
Etymology
From en ang Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from en ang ēad rich + ang gār spear. Compare is Auðgeir.
Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛdɡɚ/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Edgar.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en male Old English.
II i What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?
en 2000 w:Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin Random House 0385720955 62 My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.
en patronymics.
en number of places c/USA:
en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Edgar County s/Illinois.
en minor city/and/twp co/Clay County s/Nebraska.
en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West Virginia.
en village co/Marathon County s/Wisconsin.
en community twp/Oro-Medonte co/Simcoe County p/Ontario c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Edgar County
en Edgartown
Translations
male given name
Armenian: hy Էդգար
Bengali: bn এডগর
Bulgarian: bg Е́дгар m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 埃德加 Āidéjiā
Dutch: nl Edgar m
Estonian: et Edgar
French: fr Edgar m
Georgian: ka ედგარი
German: de Edgar m
Greek: el Έντγκαρ m
Icelandic: is Edgar m
Italian: it Edgardo m
Korean: ko 에드거
Latin: la Edgarus m
Latvian: lv Edgars m
Norwegian: no Edgar m
Polish: pl Edgar m
Portuguese: pt Édgar m, pt Edgar m, pt Edgardo m
Spanish: es Edgardo m, es Édgar m
Swedish: sv Edgar
Noun
en informal An Edgar Awards Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
en slang sometimes derogatory A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
en by extension One who wears that hairstyle.
Related terms
en Edith Edmund Edrick Edward Edwin
Further reading
Edgar (disambiguation)
Anagrams
en adegr grade garde Degar radge raged Agder Gared greda Dager Adger Gerda
en eponyms
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Edgar, from ceb ang -. Also from ceb Edgardo.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Old English
Quotations
ceb
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl en Edgar.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɛt.xɑr/ /ˈɛt.ɡɑr/
nl Nl-Edgar.ogg
nl Ed gar
Proper noun
m
nl male Edgar
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Edgar
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Edgar.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Edgar.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr male Edgar
Anagrams
fr égard
fr garde, fr gardé
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/ [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
de Ed gar
Proper noun
m,(s),s
de male Edgar
Declension
m,(s),s
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
nn en Edgar, from nn ang Ēadgār. nn Audgeir.
Pronunciation
nn /¹ɛdːɡa(ː)r/
Proper noun
m
nn male English
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Édgar Edgardo
Etymology
pt en Edgar, from pt ang Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from pt ang ēad rich + ang gār spear. Compare is Auðgeir.
Pronunciation
Èdi^^garh
pt Ed gar
Proper noun
m +
pt male Edgar English